State Tries To Calm Voters' Data Fears As Many Cancel Registrations

North Carolina voters have made hundreds of complaints to the state Board of Elections over information being shared with a federal commission investigating voter fraud - and their anger has prompted many of them to take action.

The board has received almost 400 emails, along with hundreds of phone calls about the data request from the Trump commission.

The board insists it's turning over only the data that is already publicly available. That includes voter names, party registrations, addresses and voting history. The voting history covers the elections that residents cast a ballot in but not the candidate for whom they voted.

It isn't turning over private information it collects for verification but does not make available to the public, like dates of birth, and Social Security and driver's license numbers.

Confusion over the data request led the board to release a detailed FAQ about what information was requested, what will be released, and why.

Several voters with concerns about their information have asked that their voter registrations be cancelled.

The board is discouraging people from making that move, reminding them that even if they chose to take themselves off of the state's voter rolls, they will still be included in the data that is being provided to the federal commission.